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Filed June 5, 1922 POUNDS PatentedfNov. -6, 1923'.v

UNI-TED STATES CHARLES 0. BEEPS,OF CHICAGU, ILLNOIS.

A LAUNDRY 'PRICE emr.

Application nled June i',

To all whom t lmay concem:

Be it lmownthat I, CHARLns C. Rnnrs,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of `@ook and State of-Illinois, have'invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Laundry Price Charts, of which the following is a specifi'- cation. A

The average laundry work of the average family consists of approximately equal weights of flat work, such as table linen, bed

linen, towels, etc., and wearing apparel.

The equipment facilities for a public laundry, that is to say-the types and st les and capacities of the machines and t eir operators employed for doing its work should be such that they will be proportioned or adapted to -perform laundry work' on -the ratio of flat workto wearing apparel of the average family as indicated above.

If, therefore, a bundle of laundry work is received, especially in a laundry where the contents of the individual parcels are at all times maintained separate from those of other bundles, which varies substantiallyfrom the proportion indicated, the laundry establishment will not be working at maximum eiciency, when performing that particular service, and, accordingly, a somewhat greater price or service charge is warranted under such circumstances to compensatev for the disproportion of the two kinds of articles to be cleaned. y

For example, the keeper of a lodging l house is likely to send to the laundry an excessive amount of flat pieces as compared with the articles of wearing apparel and the machines and employees for handling the latter must necessarily be idle for a portion of the time while the other work is bein performed.

n the other hand, a family with a relatively large number of children is likely to have an unduly large proportion of articles of wearing apparel, necessitating an idleness of the lat work equipment for a part of the time.

Accordingly, both the rooming house keeper and the famil with the number of children ought to be c arged relatively more 192.2. serial no. 565,888.

fon suchlaundry work'than the family which sends 1n flat work'and wearingvarticles in the normal ratio which is pro ortioned to the equipment of the laundry, t ereby bein a direct factor in the maintenanceof the e iiclency of operation of the laundry'establishment.

It is of advantage bothto the housewife and to the owner of the laundry vplant if the bundles of work can be maintained w1th their contents in something like vthe ratio` specified.

To the end, therefore, of encouraging the housewife to forward laundry with lat pieces and clothing substantially1 in the normal proportion, l have invented a simple price chart which aims4 to indicate -the advantages accruing from approximating such ratio. l

Therefore, inthe accompanying drawing, forming a part of -this specification, I have illustrated a fragment of such novel-price chart representing a desirable and preferred' embodiment of the invention.

Referring to such drawing, it will be perceived that it consists of vertical rows of price amounts, the latter being arranged also in horizontalv rows.'

At the tops of these verticalcolumns,

vthere are displayed the progressive or numericall successive weights in pounds of Hat wor and at the left-hand edge of the -chart there isan upright column of figures representing thedi'erent Weights in pounds of Wearing apparel. l

Stated somewhat differently, the chart is blocked oitinto rectangular sections in horizontal and vertical rows, theseveral sections across the top of the chart containing figures representing pounds of flat work, whereas the sections of the irst vertical row display numbers corresponding to pounds of wearing apparel, the other sections having price marks indicating the total cost of the number of pounds of dat ieces denoted at the top of the correspon ing upright column plus the number of pounds of articles of clothing specied in the block at the left end of the same horizontal row.

The exact cost of the laundry work can asV fied in that block'thereof located at the in-y tersection of the two rows corresponding to the Weights of the two types of articles\to.

' be' laundered.

For example, vif there are seven pounds of flat pieces and ltwelve pounds of wearing ieces, the laundry service charge would be 2.98.

By inspectingv the chartv or table,'it will be erceived that there is a minimum char e of 1.62, an'd for this amount'laundry wor up to live pounds of fiat pieces and live pounds of wearing apparel can be sent, but the charge is not decreased if a lesser amount is forwarded.

This 'charge itemis based on live poundsl of flat work at sixteen cents per pound, five pounds of clothing or wearing apparel at sixteen cents per pound, and two cents for insurance. j

For each pound of flat pieces above the minimum`ive pounds, a charge of six cents per pound is made, and, for each pound of Wearing apparel in excess of the minimum five pounds, up to nine pounds, a charge of sixteen cents per pound is made but for and over nine pounds the increase is at the rate of twenty-two cents per pound.

The reason for this is that up to nine 4pounds the ironing of the wearing apparel may be done 4relatively eiiiciently, but the amount in excess of eight pounds dries out during the ironing 4of such eight pounds requiring sponging, partial dryingand then ironing, thus necessitating extra time and labor on the part of the worker.

vReferring to the table or chart again, in order to ascertain the-maximum amount of at pieces which maybe sent without additional charge, it is merely necessary, knowing the pounds of wearing apparel, to follow horizontally along the corresponding row to find where the first price increase occurs and at the topof such column will be found the amount of fiat pieces.

For instance, fourteen pounds of at work can be sent with seventeen pounds of Wear* ing apparel without extra charge, but for every pound above fourteen, the cost will be six cents per pound.

f A chart of this character enables the housewife to economize in the cost of laundryl work by sending, so to speak, balanced or normal or average bundles of laun-- .dry articles, the saving being rendered pos sible by reason of employing the laundry equipment under yirnost advantageous conditions.

The invention is, of course, not limited to this particular chart or table, the details of which are subject to considerable modificater described, displaying price amounts ar-' ranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns, said rows and columns being designated wlth various amounts of dllerent types of laundry articles'respectively,

each such price item representing the charge for the joint amounts of the two types of laundry corresponding to the row and column of whichl such item forms a part.

2. A laundry price-chart of the character described, displaying price amounts arranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns, said columns and rows being designated with various weights of ilatwork and wearingapparel respectively,each such price item representing the vcharge for the joint weightsy of flat-Work vand wearin apparel corresponding to the column' and row of which such item lforms a part.

3, A laundry` price-chart of the character described, displaying price amounts arranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns, said columns and rows being designated with progressive weights of flat-work and wearing apparel respectively, each such price item representing the charge Jfor'the joint weights of flat-work and wearing apparel corresponding to the column and row of which such item forms apart, the minimum price item being the same in a number for such horizontal rows and vertical columns.

4. A laundry price-chart of the character described displaying price` amounts arranged in vertical columns and horizontal rows designated with various weights of fiatwork and wearing-apparel respectively, each such price item representing theV charge for the joint weights of flat-work and wearing` apparel corresponding' tothe column and row of which such item forms a part, the price per pound of wearing-apparel increasing with an increase in the Weight of such type of laundry work.

5. A laundry price-chart of the character described, displaying price amounts arranged in vertical columns and horizontal rows designated with various weights of flat-work and wearing-apparel respectively,'each such price item representing the charge for the joint weights of {iat-Work and Wearing-apparel corresponding to the column and row of 'which such item forms a part, the .price per pound of wearing-apparel increasing with an increase in the weight of such type of laundry work, the price per pound of iiat-work decreasing with an increase in the weight of such style of laundrj'f-work.

6; A laundry pricechart of the character described, displaying price amounts arranged in vertical columns and horizontal rovys parel including a predetermined Weight of designated with various weights of flat-Work Hat-Work before an increase in price, the 10 and wearing-apparel respectively, each such weights of Hat-work thus included increasprice item representing the charge for the ing with the increase of weight of wearing- 5 joint weights of flat-Work and Wearing-apap arel. l

i parel corresponding to the column and ron7 n Witness whereof I have hereunto set of which such item forms a part,the price for my hand and seal. anyv predetermined Weight of Wearing-ap- CHARLES O. REEPS. [L 5.] 

